You're Our Type! YOU Can Make a Difference!
Did you know that many of your blood and platelet donations�help patients in our community with breast cancer & other cancers?�You can help those patients by making a life-giving donation�in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month�and also help boost the community’s critically low blood supply.
Wear Pink when you donate on Fridays in October in honor of a loved one who has battled breast cancer. Post a pink T-shirt photo on your Instagram page and tag us @communitybloodservices!
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Paramus Donor Center 1 West Ridgewood Ave. Suite 208 Paramus, NJ
Mon. & Fri.: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.� Tues., Wed., Thu.: 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat. & Sun.: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Montvale Donor Center
Mon. & Wed.: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m Tues., Thu., Fri.: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lincoln Park Donor Center�
Mon., Tues., Wed.: 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sat.:�7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.�
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Breast Cancer Facts:
- Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women.
- 1 in 8 women born today in the U.S. will get breast cancer at some point.
- New Jersey’s breast cancer incidence rate is the 11th highest in the U.S.
- New Jersey has the highest breast cancer mortality rate in the U.S. among white females.
- In 2014, 232,670 women and 2,360 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
- In 2014, 40,000 women and 430 men are expected to die of breast cancer.
- Red cells help fight infection and platelets stop bleeding during cancer treatments.
LET’S CONTINUE TO FIGHT TOGETHER FOR A CURE FOR BREAST CANCER!
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� 2014 Community Blood Services, 102 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale, NJ 07645
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